Dress in Kyrgyzstan developed as a part of Central Asian costume, with clothing styles that were adapted to either a sedentary or nomadic lifestyle. In general, the styles and design of Kyrgyz costume were similar to those found in Uzbekistan and...

Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, China to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the west, and Tajikistan to the south, it is 198,500 square kilometers...

(b. 1919), Kyrgyz politician. Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev led the Kyrgyzstan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1961 to 1985 as the first secretary of the Communist Party. Born in Naryn (a remote eastern province of the republic) in 1919, he spent his...

Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz Respublikasy CAPITAL: Bishkek FLAG: Red field with a yellow sun in the center; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized representation of the vent in a Kyrgyz yurt. ANTHEM: Kyrgyz...

Kyrgyzstan (pronounced /ˈkɝgɪztæn/, Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия, variously transliterated, also Kirgizia or Kirghizia), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders...

THE TOPPLING of President Askar Akayev in Kyrgyzstan is being compared, too quickly, to the popular movements in Georgia and Ukraine that replaced corrupt authoritarian regimes with democratically elected governments. The desperately poor people of Kyrgyzstan deserve a better government than they have had,...

DURING THE 19th century it became increasingly clear to Western economists (and at least some statesmen) that genuine wealth did not come from the exploitation of colonial resources and markets, but from increased production made possible by education, technological innovation, specialization and trade....

Parliament held its first session Friday as police arrested several people protesting an election that strengthened Kyrgyzstan's president but opened the door for further turmoil.The 90-member parliament met in the capital, Bishkek, following Sunday's election that was criticized by opposition forces and foreign observers.A few...

Kyrgyzstan's referendum on constitutional change was marred by numerous violations, the main trans-Atlantic security and rights group and the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who had initiated the Sunday vote, dissolved Parliament immediately after the results were announced Monday. On Tuesday, he signed the...